The Long Beach Marriott Invitational will have UCLA softball splitting time between playing five other teams and taking care of finals and papers

It’s that time of the quarter again.

When the UCLA softball team packs up for its next series of games this weekend, the inventory will include books, laptops and highlighters, in addition to the usual bats, cleats and road uniforms.

Not that the players will be engaging in voluntary book clubs anytime soon ““ far from it.

“It’s tournament season, and your mind is on softball; you don’t want to go home later and study,” senior second baseman GiOnna DiSalvatore said.

Five Bruins from men's and women's track and field teams head to NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend

College Station, here they come.

After just more than a month’s worth of competing at meet after meet and traveling all across the country, the men’s and women’s track and field teams will be sending a combined five athletes to the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships held in College Station, Tex. this Friday and Saturday.

On the women’s side, senior hurdler Lindsay Rowe and freshman thrower Ida Storm will be representing the Bruins at nationals, while senior jumper Jonathan Clark, freshman thrower Alec Faldermeyer and senior distance runner Cory Primm from the men’s side will also be competing.

Meanwhile, the rest of the members of the men’s and women’s teams will open the outdoor season when they head over to the Northridge Invitational, also held Friday and Saturday.